The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has revealed all Diplomatic and service passports not returned by the March 17 deadline would be added to the Stop-Watch List.
The ministry revealed that any passports not returned by the deadline will be cancelled, making them subject to immediate seizure at all entry and exit points in Ghana.
According to the Ministry individuals still in possession of Diplomatic and Service Passports issued during the previous Akufo-Addo administration must return them by 17 March 2025.
On 15 January 2025, the ministry issued a statement recalling passports no longer valid under current government requirements.
The ministry further revealed that 404 Diplomatic Passports and 387 Service Passports remain unreturned, despite earlier notices.
Individuals listed below are to give up their passports to the Legal and Treaties Bureau at the Ministry without delay:
- Former Ministers and their spouses
- Former Members of Parliament from all political parties
- Former Council of State members and their spouses
- Retired Justices of the Superior and Lower Courts
- Former Regional Ministers, MMDCEs, board chairs and members of state institutions
- Officials of the National Cathedral Project
- Former political ambassadors and their dependents
- Businessmen and entrepreneurs
- Former government functionaries
- Any person holding an official passport but not currently serving the state
See the statement below:
